Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

by psericks, Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 03:10:18 PM EDT

Via the Swamp (Washington bureau blog of the Chicago Tribune):

Last week, the three major presidential campaigns addressed Planned Parenthood: Clinton, Obama, and Elizabeth Edwards. I posted a diary about Obama laying out an agenda for a family-based progressivism that Ezra Klein at TAPPED saw as hinting at the direction of Obama's policy proposals.
After the convention, President Cecile Richards asked members (presumably via email) to go to the website, watch video of the speeches given during the convention, and then answer the simple question: "Who made the best case for women's health?"
Surprisingly, Obama won the poll, garnering 42%. I've been searching around trying to find the percentages for the other two candidates. They don't seem to have been released yet.

Given Clinton's endorsements from Emily's List and NOW and her early support among women voters, she had to be seen as a favorite in the poll.
The online straw poll does not directly affect Planned Parenthood's endorsement:
The poll will not determine the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, a spokeswoman said. The group's endorsement will be recommended by its board of directors and ratified by the membership, said the spokeswoman, who declined to be identified.

Partial video of Obama's appearance can be seen here.

Tags: obama, Planned Parenthood, straw poll (all tags)

  • 7 Comments
  • 0 recs
  • Share
  • Permalink

Comments

7 Comments

Shadow_head_small
Re: Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

What is it with Obama supporters and their pride in ONLINE POLLS?   An online poll is worthless.  Anyone can go on and stuff and stuff and stuff.  In October of 2006 I have seen an AOL ONLINE poll that asked respondents what they thought of George W. Bush.  He came it with a 65% popularity (while every regular poll showed him at 38%, 40%.)   Of course, the idiots on FreeRepublic made a big to-do about this poll, claimed that it was closer to reality than regular polls.   I am surprised, psericks, you even put any stock in a crappy online poll.  

Oh well, if you can't win the real polls,  stuff-ready online polls have to do.  

by georgep 2007-07-23 03:25PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Online polls aren't worthless.
Your answer is a little silly. If it doesn't matter so much, why all of your vitriol?
Obviously MyDD, the recent MoveOn, and DailyKos polls aren't scientific, nor am I representing them as if it were.
These online polls aren't meant to paint a picture of the population. Nor do straw polls offer any sort of scientific picture. Sometimes they only paint a portrait of who can turn their supporters out on the internet or to an event. For that very reason, they can be interesting. (See Ron Paul.)
In the case of the Planned Parenthood poll, this wasn't a widely publicized poll, it was directed to and publicized privately to Planned Parenthood members. Second, organizations have used these online polls to poll their membership to help make a decision about endorsements. MoveOn has already had a couple online polls, an early straw poll and then a later poll following the global warming forum, and stated explicitly that the polls were be kept in mind when making an endorsement.
by psericks 2007-07-23 03:42PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Re: Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

The point was made that this was amongst planned parenthood members.  Which makes it a membership poll that was conducted online.  Slighly more useful than what you're painting it to be.  

40%... At most that means Hillary could have had 39%.  

by JeremiahTheMessiah 2007-07-23 07:33PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Re: Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

This is another example of how you're trying to spin things to avoid the truth.  

by JeremiahTheMessiah 2007-07-23 07:33PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Re: Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

Bah, my wife is a member of Planned Parenthood.  This diary is the first she has ever heard about it (and she gets emails from them regularly.)  So, whatever it is you are painting here is incorrect.  This was not a "membership poll," not by a long shot.   Which also makes your follow-up post predictably coarse and, well, wrong.  

by georgep 2007-07-23 08:37PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Planned Parenthood better not endorse

We've got several good pro-choice candidates, and I disagree with them endorsing in primaries unless there is a clear distinction between the candidates on choice.

I am involved with Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa and have been told that their action fund does not intend to endorse before the caucuses, which is a good thing.

I cut off Emily's List after being a regular monthly supporter for years. I would not hesitate to redirect my giving away from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund either.

by desmoinesdem 2007-07-23 04:31PM | 0 recs
Shadow_head_small
Re: Obama Wins Planned Parenthood Straw Poll

Surprising for Obama to do well with them considering his bad record on choice votes in the senate. Even he now says he's embarrassed he voted present and he should be.

by Quinton 2007-07-23 09:09PM | 0 recs

Diaries

Advertise Blogads


----------- myDD - skin -----------